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Mitch Albom

Michigan State 64, Virginia 60: Toughest game Spartans will face on road to Dallas. Grind, rebound and get more from Appling than first two games, and they can take this.

Jeff Seidel

Michigan State 76, Virginia 71: The only question is: Who will star in this game? Dawson? Payne? Harris? Doesn’t matter. The answer about this game is in the question. MSU has too much talent, and everybody is healthy now.

Drew Sharp

Michigan State 66, Virginia 62: This might bring back memories of those stirring YAWN!! battles between Tom Izzo and Virginia coach Tony Bennett’s father, Dick Bennett, when the elder Bennett coached at Wisconsin. This should be an ugly game, but the Spartans have experience in winning those.

Join special writer Joshua Mansour for a live blog of the MSU-Virginia game around 9:45 p.m. Friday at freep.com/sports.